Job Description
General Description of the Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take higher responsibilities and supervision of our SWE team and also be working closely with our research and design teams to bring our AI services to our customers around the globe. These include multi-modal systems, speech AI and animation based services. Our core stack is a collection of services built on Linux with a focus on throughput and reliability. The majority of services are implemented in Rust, however our codebase does contain some C++11, Go and Java code. Additionally, you will work alongside researchers to bring their prototypes and models to production so an understanding of Python and Machine Learning frameworks like TensorFlow and Torch are desirable
We are looking for problem solvers, who have a passion for tackling challenging problems and coming up with practical solutions. You will be technically leading and take ownership of at least one larger project at Emotech and supervise less senior engineers. That also includes occasional conversation with a client to better understand their requirements and needs. You will be collaborating with a cross-functional team of talented scientists, engineers and designers who are equally driven. You will also be encouraged to promote Emotech’s technology and solutions in development communities and contribute to open-source projects.
You will also be encouraged to promote Emotech’s technology and solutions in development communities and contribute to open-source projects.
As a Senior Software Engineer, your main responsibilities:
- Higher level system architecture and design
- Working with customers to work out system specifications and requirements for new products
- Identifying new opportunities for the business such as related products or industries
- Creating well-scoped work packages for other employees or contractors
- Mentoring other employees and improving knowledge continuity
Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 years of software development experience in industry
- Deep knowledge of a programming language (e.g. Rust, C++11) in a Linux environment; working knowledge of multiple languages
- Degree in Computer Science or other relevant area
- Experience in team management
- Strong communication skills and ability to communicate deeply technical concepts to stakeholders. Present hidden risks and potential solutions.
- Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms and communication protocols
- Great understanding of TDD, unit tests, end-to-end tests
- Understanding of Tensorflow, Keras or PyTorch
- Basic Docker, Kubernetes, dev-ops knowledge
Advantageous:
- Audio/speech applications or computer vision, understanding of basic ML/DL models (SVM, CNN and LSTM etc), Tensorflow, Keras or PyTorch
- Computer graphics and animation or experience with modern game engines
- AWS, Hw Cloud, Google Cloud services
What we offer:
Emotech is a London-based awards winning AI startup. We want each member to be well taken care of and have the capability to grow with the team. You are welcome to suggest any other benefits in addition to all of these in the following!
- Autonomy to make vital decisions and offer solutions that have an impact on company development and the AI world
- Competitive salary package including company equity
- Performance bonus
- Pension scheme (NEST)
- Medical insurance (BUPA UK, private healthcare)
- Annual Learning & Development Budget
- Mid-Year Team Reward Trip
- Team Gatherings
- Extended Paid Holiday
- Cycle-To-Work Scheme
- Workplace Nursery Scheme
- Potential Work Visa Sponsorship
- Patent application (registration & legal consultancy)
- Work with diverse team with extensive domain expertise, some of the brightest & highly reputable minds in AI, software development, mechanics, business and investment
- Collaboration on various projects with renowned universities, including CMU, UCL, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London & University of Edinburgh
- Internal knowledge transfer to explore multi-modality, ASR, NLP, computer vision, software architecture and more
Emotech is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring fairness of treatment, dignity, work-life balance and the elimination of all forms of discrimination in the workplace. We are building a diverse culture and workforce where is made up of inclusive groups of diverse people and treating all employees and job applicants equally and irrespective of their race, religion, color, nationality, culture, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: From £750,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
Supplemental pay types:
Application question(s):
- How many years of hands-on commercial experience in Rust?
Education:
Experience:
- Rust: 3 years (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London